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Syllable division derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
poverty-stricken is an adjective meaning "poor enough to need help from others". It carries one recorded sense.
poor enough to need help from others
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for poverty-stricken come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.